Syncopacma polychromella
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Syncopacma |
| Species: | S. polychromella
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| Binomial name | |
| Syncopacma polychromella (Rebel, 1902)
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Syncopacma polychromella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae, it was described by Hans Rebel in 1902.
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 7–10 mm.[1] The head is white. The thorax brown mixed with white. The forewings are pale brown with a post median jagged white band and a dark apical 1/3.[2][3][4]
Range
[edit]It is found on the Iberian Peninsula and in the Czech Republic, Austria, Italy, Croatia, North Macedonia, Greece and Russia, as well as on the Canary Islands, Sicily, Malta and Crete.[5] It is also present in Algeria, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Kuwait, Yemen, Central Asia (including Uzbekistan), Sudan, Namibia and South Africa. It has been recorded in Denmark, France, Great Britain and Ireland.[6] In Britain the moth was first recorded, in February 1952, at Bexley, Kent and the second at Hook, Surrey in February 1992; most likely as accidental introductions.[7] It has since been recorded as a migrant to England.[8]
Immigration
[edit]In December 2015, during an extended period of airflow from as far south as the Azores, at least seventeen have been reported in southern England over three days (16 – 19 December).[9]
Host plant
[edit]The larvae feed on Astragalus unifoliolatus.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Kimber, Ian. "Syncopacma polychromella". UKmoths. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ Heath, J., ed. 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 4 Part 2
- ^ Langmaid, J. R., Palmer, S. M. & Young, M. R. [eds]. 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland [3rd ed.]Reading, Berkshire. British Entomological and Natural History Society
- ^ lepiforum.de includes images
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ "Syncopacma polychromella (Rebel, 1902)". Lot Moth and Butterflies. Archived from the original on 26 August 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
- ^ Maitland Emmet, A; Langmaid, John R (eds.). The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 4 Part 2. Colchester: Harley Books. pp. 215–6. ISBN 0 946589 73 9.
- ^ Sterling, Phil; Parsons, Mark (2012). Field Guide to the Micro moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Gilliingham, Dorset: British Wildlife Publishing. p. 172. ISBN 978 0 9564902 1 6.
- ^ "Flight Arrivals (Messages 8009 to 8037)". Atropos. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
External links
[edit]- images representing Aproaerema polychromella at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Lepiforum
- UK Moths
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